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A few times a year, Human Connections organizes GETs (Global Engagement Trips) for student groups, tourists, and other visitors eager to gain a better understanding of the local culture in Nayarit, Mexico. This particular GET group, from Northern Illinois University, participated in a week long program centered around social entrepreneurship, NGO management, and sustainable development.
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March 13, 2019. Nairobi Kenya. Women’s Ministerial Breakfast. The 4th United Nations Environment Assembly UNEA 4. © NATALIA MROZ/ UNEP
Waving the lights.
Showing solidarity with the UN Sustainable Development Goals which will be launched tomorrow (25 Sept. 2015). At the Millennium Bridge in Dublin tonight. sustainabledevelopment.un.org
A panel discussion held at UN Headquarters launches the publication The World Survey of the Role of Women in Development. The discussion featured Melissa Leach, Director of the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK, contributing author; Isha Ray, Professor of Energy and Resources at University of California, Berkeley, contributing author; Hilal Elver, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food; Zenebework Tadesse, independent researcher, Ethiopia; and was moderated by John Hendra, Assistant Secretary-General, Deputy Executive Director for Policy and Programme at UN Women.
The World Survey is a UN Secretary-General’s report mandated by the Second Committee of the General Assembly and comes out every five years. This year’s report focuses on Sustainable Development and Gender Equality, with chapters on the green economy and care, food security, population, and investments for gender responsive sustainable development. The report comes at an important moment, in the emergence of the post-2015 development framework and as the global community grapples with the challenges of sustainable development and the definition of the Sustainable Development Goals. Against this context, the 2014 World Survey on the Role of Women in Development asserts the central role of gender equality and charts the rationale and the actions necessary to achieve sustainable development. The Secretary-General’s report is available online, along with other documentation for the Second Committee at www.un.org/en/ga/second/69/documentslist.shtml. It has been translated into all six official UN languages.
Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
March 12, 2019. Nairobi Kenya. Youth and Sports event at the 4th United Nations Environment Assembly UNEA 4. © NATALIA MROZ/ UNEP
October 12, 2012 - Tokyo, Japan: Ministerial Dialogue on Sustainable Development. World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim and IMF Deputy Managing Director Min Zhu will lead a discussion with over 20 Finance Ministers and Vice-Ministers of Finance and International Development focused on green fiscal poliies and the reforms needed to achive inclusive green growth. Photo: Simone D. McCourtie / World Bank
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I am absolutely delighted to let you know that my new album, 'ECOSYSTEMS' has just been published: stanislav.photography/ecosystems
It has been presented at the Club of Rome 50th Anniversary meeting, the United Nations COP24 conference on climate change, a large exhibition held at the Mathematical Institute of Oxford University and the Environment Europe Oxford Spring School in Ecological Economics and now at the United Nations World Urban Forum 2020. There are only 450 copies left so you will have to be quick: stanislav.photography/ecosystems
You are most welcome to explore my new website: stanislav.photography/ and a totally new blog: environmenteurope.wordpress.com/
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Day laborers working in a nursery for Melia volkensii. Seeds are sown into the ground and cultivated for several weeks; sprouted seedlings are collected for individual planting. Prized for its drought tolerance, this indigenous species is planted for the production of high quality timber even in semi-arid climates.
Kenya, February 2017
The New Restoration Economy is working to make restoration profitable and capable of attracting private investment.
Learn more here.
Photo by Andrew Wu, World Resources Institute.
Committee on Sustainable Development. 102nd Session of the International Labour Conference. Geneva, 6 June 2013.
FR : Commission du développement durable. 102e session de la Conférence internationale du Travail. Genève, 6 juin 2013.
ESP: Comisión sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible. 102a reunión de la Conferencia Internacional del Trabajo. Ginebra, 6 de junio de 2013.
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The aviation industry was hit harder by the COVID-19 pandemic. Decent work and a human-centred recovery are crucial given its massive impact.
Photo ©ILO/Minette Rimando
8 March 2022
Manila, Philippines
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Ambassador David D Nelson (first row at the right) follows the Mobile Money videoconference held at the George C. Marshall Center at the U.S. Department of State. Guests from the public and private sector were invited to the Embassy to participate on the discussion.
[US Embassy photo by Pablo Castro]
The APFSD is the most inclusive regional platform on sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific.
The sixth Forum, as in previous years, served as a preparatory event for the 2019 high-level political forum on sustainable development (HLPF) and engaged member States, United Nations bodies and other institutions, major groups and other stakeholders in highlighting regional and subregional perspectives on the 2019 theme of the HLPF, “Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality”.
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The Penan people are the original jungle dwellers and their trees are being cut down without legislation and without thought for the impacts to the rainforest. We help the Penan people to counter this process in a way which contributes to their own sustainable development, and help them to draw a steady income flow through carefully managed responsible tourism, operated in collaboration with Moving Mountains' responsible travel and ethical tourism partner organisation Adventure Alternative.
Sustainable development is seen as a compromise between ecological, economic and communal goals. This permits society to double-check well-being for present and future generations without impairing the natural environment and jeopardizing the ability of future generations to rendezvous their personal needs. In order to achieve this, we need to check on few things. We have discussed those factors in this infographic.
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The Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre is the venue for the Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group meeting and the Senior Arctic Officials' executive and plenary meetings held in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada from 28 February to 5 March 2015.
US Embassy Montevideo invited local government authorities, journalists and private sector specialists to follow the Mobile Money discussion and participate through a videoconference.
[US Embassy photo by Pablo Castro]
Climate change has taken its toll on rural Uzbekistan, degrading pastureland and depleting livestock. However, one remote village has demonstrated that it can adapt to the effects of climate change – and even increase people’s income at the same time.
The inhabitants of Kyzyl Ravat, a remote village in the Kyzylkum desert of Uzbekistan, have employed a range of techniques to improve herding and breeding practices for their sheep and cattle. In the process, they raised the productivity of their cattle by 36 percent and increased their income by 32 percent.
Find out more about sustainable livestock management in Kyzyl Ravat
Photo courtesy of UNDP in Uzbekistan
The APFSD is the most inclusive regional platform on sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific.
The sixth Forum, as in previous years, served as a preparatory event for the 2019 high-level political forum on sustainable development (HLPF) and engaged member States, United Nations bodies and other institutions, major groups and other stakeholders in highlighting regional and subregional perspectives on the 2019 theme of the HLPF, “Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality”. © ILO
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I’m deeply grateful to Martin Bailey for taking the time to talk with me during his podcast about my book, In The Big Forest. Although his podcast is all about photography, I’m afraid I did not do a very good job staying on that subject. So, for anyone interested in finding out how some of the images in the book were captured and processed, I decided to try and share that information with you, in detail. I’ll share the gear I used, camera setting and all my processing tips and “secrets”. So, I thought I’d start with the photo of the mother and child. As discussed in the interview with Martin, this moment had a special significance for me, but was difficult to process...
In August 2009, I was able to visit the village in Zoungbomey a couple of times. On our last visit, our group had a few small gifts to present to the women in the village, as a thank you for sharing their time with us. During that trip, I had my Canon 40d and I had my very trustworthy 100mm f2.8 macro lens mounted on it. I love the 100mm macro (the older non-L version, without Image Stabilization). At f 2.8 and 100 mm it has a nice bokeh (background blur) and it will focus even very near a subject. The children often get very close to us when we are in the villages, sometime to close for some of the zoom lens to focus very well. This is never an issue with the macro lens. It focuses well, works well in modest light, and is very sharp, and it is very reasonably priced. So, I had a fixed lens on my camera and we were just saying our good-byes, in a small crowd of people. That when I noticed the president of the women’s palm oil cooperative with her baby in her arms. I quickly brought the camera up and took just one shot, so as not to be too distracting - that was the only chance I had, then the moment was gone. Here’s what came out of the camera, unprocessed in RAW:
I was shooting between Landry and Galeb. There was little room to move, so the only choice in the moment was to frame the mother and child as best I could between the men, standing on the tips of my toes... While I was pleased with the sharpness of the image, there was some work to do to process the RAW image, slightly adjust the exposure and examine the cropping options....
Here is the link to the rest of the process:
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Newcastle Disease (ND) vaccinators in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha state in India can today look towards bright prospects. The demand for their services has not only spawned new employment opportunities within their locales, but has also helped farmers protect their poultry flocks which would routinely be ravaged by Newcastle Disease outbreaks. In addition, the chance to become a poultry vaccinator and the income that comes along with it has empowered rural women, who can now use their hard earned money to invest in a better future for their families. Access to ND vaccination training in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha has been facilitated by the Bhodal Milk Producers Co-operative Society (BMPCS), a local NGO, and Heifer International in partnership with non-profit Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicines (GALVmed).
Thirty-seven-year-old, Govardhan Naik from Suryapada always wanted to set up his own business. A university graduate, he first heard of an opportunity to be an ND vaccinator through a friend. After a four day training course that covered vaccination and first aid, he ventured into the field as a trained vaccinator. This was about four years ago.
Govardhan gets his supplies of the ND vaccine from a market at a nearby town, Kosta. He has also procured a refrigerator to store the vaccines and a motorcycle to help him reach the farmers. He serves around 400 households vaccinating close to 5,000 chickens every month. Providing additional services such as deworming and first aid, Govardhan brings home a net income averaging INR 8,000 (US $ 122) monthly, which has positively contributed to the economic well-being of his family.
His work as a vaccinator has brought him recognition from the locals and several of his friends have now shown an interest in the occupation, with one of them now an active vaccinator. “I will continue as a vaccinator even after this current project ends,” he says, referring to the ongoing GALVmed sponsored initiative, much to the relief of numerous households who are grateful for his services and want him to continue.
The effects of the poultry vaccinators’ work on the local economy are visible. When Govardhan first began vaccinating, an average village consisting of about 20 households would have a maximum of 70-80 chickens. After the first year of vaccination, the number skyrocketed to over 1,000. Farmers’ earnings from poultry rearing increased.
“If you work as a vaccinator, you can have an independent enterprise,” he adds.
A vial of the ND vaccine costs between INR 75 (US $1.16) and INR 100 (US $1.55). One vial can vaccinate up to 100 chickens. A vaccinator can charge INR 2 (US $ 0.03) per vaccination. There is also additional income derived from services such as deworming and first aid. For example, Govardhan earns another INR 3,000 or (US $46) from these additional services.
The involvement of women as vaccinators has also contributed to their economic empowerment and participation in decision making within the family unit and their communities. Mamata Mandal, 42, from Tikayatpur village in Ras Gobindpur block, is one such vaccinator. Mamata first got to know about vaccination from Anup Behra, the team leader of Unnayana, a local NGO. Coming from a family that has traditionally reared poultry and having witnessed high mortality of the birds, she readily took up the occupation.
Mamata procures her supplies from a small shop, about 7 km away from her village. Carrying a cool box to store the vaccines, she serves around 250 households in a 3km radius and vaccinates around 5,000 birds. Her services get her an income of INR 3,000 (US $ 46) every month. “With this income I can school my children and buy agricultural inputs for the farm,” she says.
BMPCS started the programme with just 7,500 families in 2011. By December 2016, the NGO had already reached more than 175,000 households. Today BMPCS supports more than 320 vaccinators in the project area.
Heifer International’s project was launched in September 2015. By May 2017, they had served as many as 62,316 households. Today, Heifer International supports more than 218 active vaccinators in the field.
Newcastle disease vaccination has helped turn around the lives of many individuals in Mayurbhanj. The vaccinators stand at the frontlines in the fight against the deadly poultry disease and their services are benefitting many smallholder farmers. And with a stable demand for their services, the vaccinators can hope for a better future.
Written by: Deepak Bhadana and edited by Prasenjit De of Alternatives for GALVmed.
Photography by Prasenjit De.
Ambassador David D Nelson welcomes guests from the public and private sector that were invited to participate, through a videoconference, on the Tech@State Mobile Money Discussion held at the George C. Marshall Center at the U.S. Department of State.
[US Embassy photo by Pablo Castro]
Maria Medina and Ralph Francois helping the Green Zebra booth at Projecting Change Film Festival 2010
Many farmers in Bangladesh are now growing new plant varieties developed by scientists at the Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA). These scientists have worked closely with the IAEA to develop new plant varieties of crops, such as rice, using nuclear and other conventional plant breeding techniques. These new plant varieties are selected for their improved traits, such as shorter growing times, better tolerance to salty soils, and higher yields. These plants mean farmers can grow more food to feed their families and to sell at the market.
Mymensingh, Bangladesh, October 2016. Photo credit: Nicole Jawerth/IAEA
Ambassador David D Nelson (first row at the left) follows the Mobile Money videoconference held at the George C. Marshall Center at the U.S. Department of State. Guests from the public and private sector were invited to the Embassy to participate on the discussion.
[US Embassy photo by Pablo Castro]
World leaders arrive at the Women Leaders' Summit on the Future Women Want, hosted by UN Women, in collaboration with the Government of Brazil.
Pictured, from left: Doris Leuthard, former President of the Swiss Federation; Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil; Dalia Grybauskaité, President of Lithuania; Michelle Bachelet, UN Women Executive Director; Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia
Photo Credit: UN Women/Fabricio Barreto
US Embassy Montevideo invited local government authorities, journalists and private sector specialists to follow the Mobile Money discussion and participate through a videoconference.
[US Embassy photo by Pablo Castro]
DJ T-Spoon playing for Afterparty for Projecting Change Film Festival 2010 held at Upholstery Arts store
Amenetou Abdoul Aziz from Tindjimbane village belongs to the Tamashak people of Mali. She is a 44 year old widow who has been raising her three children on her own ever since her husband was killed 6 years ago. She lives with her father and her brother and to get by she washes other people’s clothes, and does a little bit of commerce.
Her community chose her because they knew that she would benefit from the income of repairing and maintaining the community’s solar systems. “Besides, I am good with my hands. I have always liked to work with my hands and was always interested in learning more” she says. Although she never went to school, she can speak French in addition to her local dialect. Before coming to India she left her children with another brother and with the help of a monthly stipend given by the Barefoot College through its local partner NGO – AMADE, the children are being looked after. She started her training along with 4 other women from Mali at the end of January,2007. In this photo, she is learning to make the first circuit and to assemble the lamp.
The Barefoot Solar Engineers are also trained to repair anad maintain the solar lantern circuit and as well as the solar panels and batteries for the household systems. In the afternoons, she teaches the other women how to knit and once a week she calls home and talks with her children.
Read more about the women solar engineers from Mali > (in French).
From intensifying hurricanes to melting icecaps, climate change is causing unprecedented disruption around the globe.
And it is the largest single threat to sustainable development.
Our region, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, is no exception. In the last three decades alone, floods, droughts and melting glaciers have caused 50,000 fatalities, affected nearly 25 million people and resulted in over US$80 billion in damage.
In Belarus, we helped build the country’s biggest wind-farm. Wind energy could help Belarus become energy-independent by 2050.
Read more: bit.ly/3bZ3GMU
Photo: Sergei Gapon/ UNDP in Belarus
To launch ODI's new event series - #GlobalChallenges - Professor Jeffrey Sachs discussed financing for sustainable development, focusing on the critical role of international public finance as a driver for poverty eradication and sustainable development.
Professor Sachs was joined by Romilly Greenhill (ODI), Ambassador Geir O. Pedersen (Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations), and Aggrey Tisa Sabuni (Economic Adviser to the President, South Sudan). The event was chaired by Kevin Watkins (ODI).
For more about the event, visit: www.odi.org/events/4089-financing-sustainable-development
For more about the #GlobalChallenges event series, visit: www.odi.org/events/4088-globalchallenges
Newcastle Disease (ND) vaccinators in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha state in India can today look towards bright prospects. The demand for their services has not only spawned new employment opportunities within their locales, but has also helped farmers protect their poultry flocks which would routinely be ravaged by Newcastle Disease outbreaks. In addition, the chance to become a poultry vaccinator and the income that comes along with it has empowered rural women, who can now use their hard earned money to invest in a better future for their families. Access to ND vaccination training in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha has been facilitated by the Bhodal Milk Producers Co-operative Society (BMPCS), a local NGO, and Heifer International in partnership with non-profit Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicines (GALVmed).
Thirty-seven-year-old, Govardhan Naik from Suryapada always wanted to set up his own business. A university graduate, he first heard of an opportunity to be an ND vaccinator through a friend. After a four day training course that covered vaccination and first aid, he ventured into the field as a trained vaccinator. This was about four years ago.
Govardhan gets his supplies of the ND vaccine from a market at a nearby town, Kosta. He has also procured a refrigerator to store the vaccines and a motorcycle to help him reach the farmers. He serves around 400 households vaccinating close to 5,000 chickens every month. Providing additional services such as deworming and first aid, Govardhan brings home a net income averaging INR 8,000 (US $ 122) monthly, which has positively contributed to the economic well-being of his family.
His work as a vaccinator has brought him recognition from the locals and several of his friends have now shown an interest in the occupation, with one of them now an active vaccinator. “I will continue as a vaccinator even after this current project ends,” he says, referring to the ongoing GALVmed sponsored initiative, much to the relief of numerous households who are grateful for his services and want him to continue.
The effects of the poultry vaccinators’ work on the local economy are visible. When Govardhan first began vaccinating, an average village consisting of about 20 households would have a maximum of 70-80 chickens. After the first year of vaccination, the number skyrocketed to over 1,000. Farmers’ earnings from poultry rearing increased.
“If you work as a vaccinator, you can have an independent enterprise,” he adds.
A vial of the ND vaccine costs between INR 75 (US $1.16) and INR 100 (US $1.55). One vial can vaccinate up to 100 chickens. A vaccinator can charge INR 2 (US $ 0.03) per vaccination. There is also additional income derived from services such as deworming and first aid. For example, Govardhan earns another INR 3,000 or (US $46) from these additional services.
The involvement of women as vaccinators has also contributed to their economic empowerment and participation in decision making within the family unit and their communities. Mamata Mandal, 42, from Tikayatpur village in Ras Gobindpur block, is one such vaccinator. Mamata first got to know about vaccination from Anup Behra, the team leader of Unnayana, a local NGO. Coming from a family that has traditionally reared poultry and having witnessed high mortality of the birds, she readily took up the occupation.
Mamata procures her supplies from a small shop, about 7 km away from her village. Carrying a cool box to store the vaccines, she serves around 250 households in a 3km radius and vaccinates around 5,000 birds. Her services get her an income of INR 3,000 (US $ 46) every month. “With this income I can school my children and buy agricultural inputs for the farm,” she says.
BMPCS started the programme with just 7,500 families in 2011. By December 2016, the NGO had already reached more than 175,000 households. Today BMPCS supports more than 320 vaccinators in the project area.
Heifer International’s project was launched in September 2015. By May 2017, they had served as many as 62,316 households. Today, Heifer International supports more than 218 active vaccinators in the field.
Newcastle disease vaccination has helped turn around the lives of many individuals in Mayurbhanj. The vaccinators stand at the frontlines in the fight against the deadly poultry disease and their services are benefitting many smallholder farmers. And with a stable demand for their services, the vaccinators can hope for a better future.
Written by: Deepak Bhadana and edited by Prasenjit De of Alternatives for GALVmed.
Photography by Prasenjit De.
Solar energy systems provide power in even the most remote rural areas in India. The systems are installed and maintained by people from the local community trained by the Barefoot College.
Vahagn Shmavonyan, Head of Commercial Department at ACBA Leasing
Find out more about how the EU promotes renewable energy in Armenia and stay informed at: www.eu4energy.eu
Photos © European Commission
Day laborer working in a nursery for Melia volkensii . The fruit of the tree is pounded to remove the pulp and extract the nut containing the seeds. Prized for its drought tolerance, this indigenous species is planted for the production of high quality timber even in semi-arid climates.
Kenya, February 2017
The New Restoration Economy is working to make restoration profitable and capable of attracting private investment.
Learn more here.
Photo by Andrew Wu, World Resources Institute.
Electrician Yurii Goinia serving an electrical substation
Find out more about how the EU promotes renewable energy in Ukraine and stay informed at: www.eu4energy.eu
Photos © European Commission
FAO Indigenous Peoples’s team shared its joint work with indigenous peoples in the celebration of their cultures and traditional food systems in Meghalaya, North East India.
©FAO
Ambassador David D Nelson welcomes guests from the public and private sector that were invited to participate, through a videoconference, on the Tech@State Mobile Money Discussion held at the George C. Marshall Center at the U.S. Department of State.
[US Embassy photo by Pablo Castro]
The aviation industry was hit harder by the COVID-19 pandemic. Decent work and a human-centred recovery are crucial given its massive impact.
Photo ©ILO/Minette Rimando
8 March 2022
Manila, Philippines
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